Hello All, I have a Compaq Presario 5184 AMD K62 380 with 128 megs ram I would like to do a clean/fresh install of Windows XP Professional. The problem is this system is not bootable via CDrom or floppy but will only boot with the restore disk. I have checked the BIOS as well. Anyone know where I...

Hi all, I have a Compaq Presario 2122EA with WinXP on a partion and GNU/Linux on other partitions. Can I use QuickRestore only on the win partition without destroing Linux one ? Regards, -- Clément

Just bought the s5080an model and reinstalled my own Windows XP Pro cd i bought with it. It now has a hardware problem in Windows. In Device Manager, is says there is a problem with my 'SM Bus Controller'. If anyone know how I can correct this problem your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Hello All, I have an age old Compaq Deskpro En series (PII, 128MB, 6GB, S3 vision986, 686T3 bios) computer. I have a couple of queries:: 1) I would like to change my existing PCI video card (S3 vision 986) with a new Radeon based PCI graphics card that has on board DDR ram and TV / DVI out. Would...

I want to use the Armada 100s 's lcd on a desktop computer, anybody knows the connections of the lcd screen (vga and voltage). Thanks!!

I'm trying to open the case of a Compaq Presario 1456VQLN laptop. Have removed some screws from bottom of case but it still doesn't open. Mel Levine

I am new owner of a Presario 4504 (a dubious honor) and am tying to install a 20g drive in place of the factory installed (5") 2g unit. Besides the mounting being different, it does not recognize the OS and fails to boot. The new drive is loaded w/XP How do I tell The System that there is a new...

So I go to the new Napster website and it says Napster doesn't support my operating system - Windows Millennium. Last week I go to that Apple i-toons site and it says it supports Windows XP and 2000 or something, but no mention of Windows ME. So how in the heck am I supposed to start paying for...

Has anyone tried the new hp/compaq zt3000. It is listed on HP Shopping's website but hardly, if any, internet reviews are available on this product. I guess it just came out because the feature set it has is terrific and I would have bet that a Cnet would have reviewed it by now.

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I am trying to create a bootable cd to use on the DL320. The intention is to boot into DOS, launch GHOST and restore a Linux Image. This works with no problems on a number of IBM platforms, I create the CD with Roxio using the make a bootable cd option, this is made from a bootable floppy that...

System: Compaq Presario 5000 series, 5BW251 Problem: It came with ME installed. I tried to upgrade to XP Pro by booting from the XP install disk. It booted ok and started the install. It formated the harddrive to fat32, copied files and tried to reboot to continue the install. But when it...

I have compaq Presario s4000nx I am attempting to install windows 2000 I am unable to locate the video driver (Intel Extreme Graphics) for this PC Nor am I abble to locate the sound card driver can any one assist

Presario 4814 Upgraded from Windows 95 to Windows 98 Had 32k of ram Added 128k to first slot and put 32k in 2nd slot. Now programs load much slower than before the added ram. Is there some additional setting I should tweek? Any suggestions would be helpful.

I am looking for a Compaq Presarrio Internet keyboard with digital dashbord keys. If someone has one that is n good condition for sale please email me . Also if someone has any other Compaq keyboard for sale plese email me. Thanks. JB

I sure am glad I found this news group because I cant find anything on the Compaq/HP site. Ok we have an older "Compaq Presario 2258" downstairs that the kids use for homework, etc., and we want to network it to our pc upstairs which has a cable hookup. Our PC upstairs is good to go with a network...

Your computer does not have ACPI, it has APM for power management. I don't remember the exact steps, but go into the Power applet in Control Panel. There should be an APM tab. On that should be a check box you have to check. It might not be there, might be in System. I'm doing this from memory...

I have just bought two EN P-550's. They work fine but I need to install a wireless lan card in them. I am trying to use a new belkin 54g card. The BIOS does not list the wireless card and neither W2K nor XP lists the card. It's not a driver issue. It's as if I simply have not installed the...